Sign



Mar ch19, 1940. w. H. (zoom: 2,194,010

' Filed 'Janl 11, 1939 A; L I

HOLIDAY Inventor Attbrncys Patented Mar. 19, 1940 UNITED STATES FiCEPATENT 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to signs of the changeable exhibitor typeand embodies a backboard adapted to contain printed information toinform customers of a bank, firm or other institution, when the samewill be closed, or any other information desired to be imparted, andincluding a plurality of hingedly connected panels secured in superposedrelation at the top of the back-board and connected to the latter by aconventional type of ring connector for selectively displaying thepanels at the front of the board and upon which may be printed the dayof the week or any other desired information upon which the bank, firm,or institution will be closed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sign of this characterof simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive inappearance, relatively inexpensive to manu-a facture, and otherwisewell-adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction asmore fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part hereof,

wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which-Figure 1 is a front elevational View.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on a line2-2 of Figure l, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detail of one form of wire ring connector forhingedly connecting the panels to the back-board.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention,the numeral 5 designates aback-board whichmay be constructed of anysuitable material and having printed on its front face the sign indicia0 designated at 6, which preferably comprises the words This bank willbe closed-Legal holiday, or other desired wording.

The upper edge of the board is provided with a plurality of openings 1through which a ring binder or connector of conventional construction,as illustrated at 8, is inserted for swingably connecting a plurality ofpanels 9 to the back-board, said panels also having openings II! attheir upper edges aligning with the opening I in the back-board forswingably mounting the panels on the connector 8 in a manner as will beapparent. The front face of each of the panels also contains printedmatter designating a day of the week on which the closing of the bankwill occur, such as indicated at H, the 5 printed matter on the panelappearing immediately above the printed matter on the backboard tocomplete the sign.

A suitable number of the panels 9 are provided so that each panel maycontain the ap- 10 propriate printed matter designating one of theworking days of the week, so that by swinging the desired panel to aposition in front of the backing board 5 the designated day will appearat thetop of the sign. 15

It will be apparent that in place of the name of a particular dayappearing on the panels 9,

that the same may also be provided with printed matter to otherwisedesignate a particular day on which the bank will be closed, such as the20 words Today or Tomorrow.

The backing board 5 and the panels 9 are also provided with aregistering opening l2 adjacent the upper edge thereof providing means.for hanging the sign in a suitable position for dis- 25 playing thesame.

It is believed the details of construction and manner of use of thedevice will be readily understood from the foregoing without furtherdetailed explanation.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A sign comprising a back-board, a plurality of panels of a width equalto that of the area of the backboard and means hingedly connecting 35the upper edges of the panels and the back-board to provide for theselective swinging of the panels into and out of position in front ofthe backboard to expose one of the panels, the lower edges of the panelsterminating short of the 40 lower edge of the backboard, each of saidpanels containing distinctive printed matter and said backboardcontaining additional printed matter adapted to cooperate with theprinted matter of a selected panel to form a complete sign in which 4,5the portion of the sign appears on the exposed panel and the remainderof the sign'appears on the back-board.

WILLIAM H. coozn. 5o

